Monday, May 13, 2013

The Bike Rodeo

Every year Pierce's school has a bike rodeo, and the boys adore it. Basically kids just bring their bikes and ride around, and they have bouncy houses set up along with hot dogs and hamburgers. The boys didn't care one bit about eating dinner. They just wanted to bike.

I guess it's like uncharted territory, getting to bike ride in a new place.﻿

Uh, hey Pierce, you need to slow down!﻿

Pierce, slow down!﻿

Pierce, there are too many people to ride that fast, slow down!﻿

If you don't SLOW DOWN the bike is going in to time out for 30 minutes.﻿

Guess what? Pierce slowed down. But I think his speedy zipping about rubbed off on his little brothers....﻿

Readers, do you remember the joy and freedom of riding your bike as a kid? I sure do!

I LOVED riding my bike all over town when I was growing up in Iowa. The town was so flat.. no hills. It's why I don't have a bike today because I could never make it up the hills. No helmets then and no knee pads and no one died. I can tell your boys were loving the ride! xox

I loved riding my bike. My brother and I raced each other and set up obstacle courses to ride through. Other times I just rode around, enjoying the wind and the movement. Sometimes I pretended my bike was really a horse.